Otto Dix Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden 1926
"I must paint you! I simply must!... You are representative of an entire epoch!"
Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden Otto Dix in 1926
"So, you want to paint my lacklustre eyes, my ornate ears, my long nose, my thin lips;
you want to paint my long hands, my short legs, my big feet-things which can only
scare people off and delight no-one?" said Sylvia. The woman is wearing light stockings,
the rolled top of which can be seen on the right leg. The woman's feet are not visible,
because the portrait stops at mid-calf.
"You have brilliantly characterized yourself, and all that will lead to a portrait
representative of an epoch concerned not with the outward beauty of a woman but
rather with her psychological condition." - Otto Dix
Journalist Sylvia von Harden, also called Sylvia von Halle, was a German journalist
and poet. During her career as a journalist, she wrote for many newspapers in Germany
and England. She is perhaps best known as the subject of a painting by Otto Dix.
The painter Dix met her on the street by chance and was impressed with her looks.
The portrait was recreated in the opening and closing scenes of the film Cabaret (1972)
by director Bob Fosse, set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. via
dr. π (pi)
.
Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden Otto Dix in 1926
"So, you want to paint my lacklustre eyes, my ornate ears, my long nose, my thin lips;
you want to paint my long hands, my short legs, my big feet-things which can only
scare people off and delight no-one?" said Sylvia. The woman is wearing light stockings,
the rolled top of which can be seen on the right leg. The woman's feet are not visible,
because the portrait stops at mid-calf.
"You have brilliantly characterized yourself, and all that will lead to a portrait
representative of an epoch concerned not with the outward beauty of a woman but
rather with her psychological condition." - Otto Dix
Journalist Sylvia von Harden, also called Sylvia von Halle, was a German journalist
and poet. During her career as a journalist, she wrote for many newspapers in Germany
and England. She is perhaps best known as the subject of a painting by Otto Dix.
The painter Dix met her on the street by chance and was impressed with her looks.
The portrait was recreated in the opening and closing scenes of the film Cabaret (1972)
by director Bob Fosse, set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. via
dr. π (pi)
.